Entries in Category ‘Tips’
Love the Kids, Hate the Mess: Helping Kids Get Organized, Part 2
This week in Free Up’s continuing series on helping kids get more organized, I want to address the next critical key to success: building zones for their stuff. This makes it practically a no brainer for your kids and helps them get their stuff back to where it needs to go. And it makes it [...]
Love the Kids, Hate the Mess: Helping Kids Get Organized, Part 1
Do you live with kids who produce lava-like eruptions of mess in their rooms? Are you chronically frustrated over the apparent need to nag every day, “clean your room”? Don’t panic! Free Up is here. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing tips to help control the mess, and help you help your [...]
Organizing for Happy Budgets, Part 3: Let’s get physical
Now that you have some fundamental organizing strategies to help better manage your budget and realize goals, let’s take a look at some practical organizing systems for keeping your financial engine running smoothly. The bill pay center: Keeping track of bills can be a challenge for some folks, which is why I love to recommend [...]
Organizing for Happy Budgets, Part 2: Making Allowances
Last week, I shared a fun little process for organizing your budget and providing you with a big picture view of where your money is going, and how you can gain greater control of it. With that guideline in mind, I want to share another handy tip for helping you stay within your newly established [...]
Organizing for Happy Budgets
Coming back from vacation, looking at summer camps for my daughter, taking classes for my professional advancement, and receiving an unexpected bill got me thinking about organizing for budgets and financial goals. We all have day-to-day expenses and dreams for where our money should go, but do you know where your money is really going? [...]
Organizing for Travel
Boy, have I been busy! I completed another Oh, So Pretty kitchen project, a Show Me the Way storage room project, a Gotta Go moving prep package, a bunch of Strategic Thinker and writing projects, plus I made a few Free Up! website updates. Can’t wait to show you! But it will have to wait: [...]
Organizing for Tax Day: Are You Ready?
Whether you are still gathering every little receipt for tax day, or just completed your taxes and are preparing systems for the year ahead, here’s a very simple filing method for getting organized year round and optimizing your time when preparing taxes alone or with a tax advisor. All you need are three filing folders, [...]
Gadgets and Free Apps for Better Organization: Making bags more efficient
While today’s product recommendations are technically not gadgets, they are nifty little organizers for holding your gadgets. These are perfect for keeping a grip on all those small things that go for a swim in your bag—think cell phone, chords, USB cards, pens, lip balm, and more. Forget the rumble in the bag and keep [...]
Gadgets and Free Apps for Better Organization: Cables Galore!
I’m back in the swing of things after a couple of holidays and a bout with laryngitis, and can’t wait to share with you some gadgets for better organization. Over the past couple of weeks, we discovered some nifty phone apps to help streamline everyday living. Now, I’d like to share some cool and functional [...]
Gadgets and Free Apps for Better Organization: Pageonce
Money management on the go! Simplify your life and never miss a payment again with Pageonce. This robust and highly secure app automatically organizes and tracks your money and bills so you don’t have to. It securely stores all your financial information—credit cards, bills, banking, investments and more in one simple place, allowing you to [...]